soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
time; season; period; phase; stage
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
reason; cause; meaning; sense; (good) sense; reason
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
macaron (meringue-based sandwich cookie); French macaroon
the place for; the time for; the level of
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
elegy; dirge; mournful melody
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)
investigation; research; looking something up
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
how; in what way; how about
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing ...)
living; lifestyle; living room
to be (animate); to be; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed; to (have the audacity to) do
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
tedious; boring; dull; to feel bored; to get bored (with); to get tired (of)
called; known as; that; to say
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish
genius; prodigy; natural gift
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)